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Acceptable Use Policy

Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

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While the Administrators and Moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the Administrators, Moderators or Webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.

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Posting Rules/Guidelines

1. Use the title field to accurately describe the topic/purpose of your post
2. Post your message in the appropriate forum
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7. Do not flame/troll
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9. Do not post links to materials that can be described as obscene, racist, hateful, or pornographic.
10. Personal attacks of any kind will not be tolerated. This does not mean you cannot debate someones statement, but you should be able to do so without attacking the person. Stick to the information within the post

Failure to comply with these simple rules/guidelines may result in restricted posting privileges, account suspension or account termination.

Posting of Private Messages on the Forums

The posting of Private Messages (PM) on the forums is PROHIBITED. Any posts made in violation of this rule will be edited (to remove the PM content) or entirely deleted at the discretion of the Moderator/Administrator.

DISCLOSURE/EXCEPTION

It is hereby understood that PM's sent to members of the forum staff (Moderators, Super Moderators, Administrators) may be posted in the restricted access, staff specific forums in order to communicate/discuss specific matters relating to the PM topic between other members of the respective staff.

Signature Line Policy

Members may create and display a "signature". A signature is a short block of text that will be inserted at the end of all your posts. If a signature is specified in your profile, then the forum will automatically append your signature to any messages you post. You can disable signatures on a per-post basis by un-ticking the 'Show Signature' checkbox when you compose your message.

You may turn the signature on and off on posts you have already made by editing the post and altering the state of the 'Show Signature' option.

You can create or edit a signature from your UserCP.

Signatures are restricted to 4 lines of text with a font size of '3' or less. Images and HTML are not allowed.

Smilies and a variety of BBCODE tags are allowed within reasonable limits as determined by the forum staff. The standard for determining acceptable limits, including color, size, etc., will be based upon the signature's prominence. A signature should not draw attention away from a post.

1. One hyper link to an acceptable personal/business website; and
2. One donzi.org hyperlink;

Avatar Policy

Members can install avatars from their User CP.

Avatar Policy:

1. Avatars may not be linked from a remote site.
2. Avatars must be no bigger than 100 x 100 pixels and no larger than 64KB in size.
3. Avatars must be in good taste and not depict any nudity, pornography, explicit sex, drug use or any other illegal activity.

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